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2020
Recommendation 21:
The provincial and federal governments should contribute funding to establish a universal, cost-shared, healthy school food program for all K-12 students that is respectful of local contexts, connected to community and curriculum, health-promoting and sustainable.
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Recommendation 58:
The Province should advocate to the Federal government to ensure ineligible youth who have accessed the CERB are not accumulating debt during the pandemic. Youth should obtain a pass and not have to pay back CERB or be given longer grace periods.
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Recommendation 6:
The plan is to be developed by April 1, 2022, with full implementation being completed within the ensuing two years.
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Recommendation 11:
The majority of Canadian provinces have separate government bodies in place that provide legal counsel to children… B.C. must also assume the responsibility for providing funding and personnel to secure legal representation for children in all guardianship and family law cases.
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Recommendation 16:
The literature has long supported specific incorporation of the CRC in all legislation relevant to children. It is particularly important in family law and child welfare cases but has not happened in B.C.
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Recommendation 13:
The language used in high-risk cases must be clarified to delineate between high conflict cases and cases with the presence of violence to ensure the appropriate safeguards are put into place to protect and promote children’s participation
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Recommendation 18:
The federal, provincial and local governments should scale up their funding to build thousands of new social and affordable rental housing units and maintain existing affordable housing stock to reduce the number of families in core housing need and to eliminate homelessness. This should include designating additional housing, created by BC Housing, for youth leaving care so they can find an affordable, safe dwelling as opposed to homelessness.
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Recommendation 8:
The federal government should work with the Canada Revenue Agency to reduce barriers that prevent eligible families from receiving the CCB, Canada Education Savings Grant and the Child Disability Benefit.
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Recommendation 2:
The federal government should set legally binding emissions milestones only at the national level
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Recommendation 15:
The federal government should immediately cancel all outstanding refugee transportationloan debt and cease seeking repayment of transportation costs for all new refugees coming to Canada. This budget adjustment should not reduce the number of refugees targeted for resettlement.
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